Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Huaxi, the richest village in China



Do you ever wonder where all that money goes for the cheap electronics and clothes and crap we're always buying? Wonder no more.

In Huaxi, everyone has a villa, a car, free cooking oil, total health care... McMansion-ey American-Dream-like hive living for all.

The catch?

A 7-day work week and you can never leave.

http://english.cri.cn/7146/2009/04/16/2041s475214.htm

Oh, and they're building the 15th tallest scyscraper on earth.

It took only 30 years from a rural muddy-road village to first world trappings.

When do the crystal meth dealers arrive? How many decades before it resembles Detroit?

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